The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

Picture this. An old dog is raised on dry kibble pretty much his entire life. It is an economical and convenient feeding method for the dog's owners. The dog likes dry food fine enough but, if he's hardly dancing a jig around his bowl come feeding time, it can sit out all day. Plus, it does help keep his teeth and breath nice and fresh.

Then the dog gets sick, he's all better now, but the veterinarian suggests he would do better on a premium canned food for senior dogs because he needs a higher moisture diet.

All of a sudden it is like there is a huge neon sign hanging over his bowl. It flashes "Eat!". The dog is actually eating out of the bowl as the owner is putting it down. The licked clean dish is practically still spinning in mid air as the food is scarfed down in record time. He consistently goes back to the dish hoping for more because, in his eyes, that damn "Eat!" sign is still flashing.

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It is clear that wet dog food is a much more satisfying eating experience for dogs. Perhaps even primal. How many dehydrated elk have wolf packs taken down in the wild? But as the dog's owners watch their money fly out the door at $2 to $4 a can, three cans a day to a total as high as $360 a month, they kind of miss the $24 big bag of Iams that lasted forever. No stinky cans to open and wash. Just a scoop and done. Awesome! But the owner's have no kids, just the dog. So whatever Fido needs, Fido gets and they don't complain. Not too much anyway. They want him around for as long as possible.

Unfortunately, he also went from 58 to 63 lbs in a short period of time. It took the owners a little while to realize that their dog isn't necessarily always all that hungry, he just really likes the canned food. Lots of protein, maybe extra fat. What's not to love?

Clearly there are pros and cons for both and I would like to leave you with a couple of websites that I find very informative as you venture into the pet world in search of the right kind of dog food.

One is dogfoodadvisor.com. I defy you not to find the brand of dog food you're using now and see a breakdown of it's good and not so good ingredients. The other is petmd.combecause it is just loaded with information.